Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-08

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Burke laft week to attend the funeral of
hen, sister, Mrs. Clark. Augustus
Melendy has taken the sugar place of
Ernest Melendy.... viii Powell is as
slstlng his brother Frank through sugar
ing :. William and Albert Patten have
purchased yoke of oxen of Madison Par
ham in Fairfax =. Harlow Wires is about
to ouild large barn. Four residences
are to be built at the Boro, also a steam
grist mill......The subscribers to the
Boro RetCctOr are patiently waiting its
reappearance. All that is lacking is a
press.
Isle La Motto.
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor Holcomb of Platts-
burGh were in town last week ~ Horse
buyers from Connecticut were in town
last Monday looking after horses. .....
Miss Eddy from Iowa is visiting her sister
Mrs. Melvin Pike. ..... Mr.. Jesse Holcomb
and Miss Maud Hill are home from st.
Albans school during vacation. ... Mrs.
l.. B. Mott is suffering with rheumatism.
49,. Mrs. H. G. Hill is in poor health.
80. Mr.. Ira Hyde who has been sick for
some time past with consumption is fail
ing. Robert Garland has moved to
Grand Isle ;.. Isle La Motto was honor
Mr. Ira A. Hall and Beecher Dodds
of North Hero returned from Boston last
Wednesday.
A sugar party was given at the Meth
odlst church, Wednesday evening
and one at the Congregational church,
Friday evening. Mr.. Luke Livingston
has returned from Coventry. G. A. Liv-
ingston Is in town few days before going
ed into W. p. Halls house at the corners
that he has rented. The first robin of
the season was seen by Guy o. Adams,
April H.. Amos Minckler lost the fine
mare that he recently purchased by get
ting hung in the stall. 49,. Benajah
Phelps has moved to the sand bar bridge
and will keep the toll gate for year .....
Lincoln Mlnckler has gone to Worcester,
Mass The first maple sugar made
its appearance Tuesday from the bush Of
Luke Livingston.
Springfield.
The citizens of this town are working
and are determined to have a railroad.
They will ask the Central Vermont to
build one from Windsor or Gassetts. .....
Business is picking up" and now there is
hardly spare tenement in the village.
Last fall there were 40 empty tene-
ments. The suit of Emma c. Hall VS.
Robert NJ. Colburn has been settled. The
plaintiff received $4,000, and the defen-
dant paying all costs, they amounting
to nearly $1,000. Considerable money
that is needed here has been loaned to
w
Waterville.
Il. J. Brown of Bevidere died at his
| fathers residence on Monday the 4th inst.
his death was caused by an injury that he
receive, upon his left shoulder while at
work work in Brown & fuckers mill several
weeks ago, he was young man highly
respected by all who knew him. ..... Fred
Mcfarland was at home the past week.
......Sherman Mann has moved into Mrs.
kelley's house. go. Luke Potter is quite
sick and Moses Wilbur has driven the
away has built an addition to his saw
mill to make room for some new ma
chinery. .... Mr. Eam was visiting friends
in town the past week .....H H. n. Leach
received pension the past week of six
dollars per month and $500 back pay. ....
Washington. Mrs. Labadies died at
the residence of her son in law. Henry Rus
sell on the 3lst Of March. .. Ansy Burn
ham has moved from Johnson into his
house in this village. Miss Flora
Pearl of johnson was the guest of 5. r..
was elected president of the singing
association at their meeting the past
week ..... Mrs. Jennie Luce of Stowe
was the guest of Mrs. DR.. Hulburd the
| past week
Mr.. William w. Greene son Of Salmon
W. Greene of Richmond Vt, succeeds
Captain K: j. Coffey as landlord of the
Windsor House. The captain removes to
Bennington next week to commence his
duties as Superintendent of the Vermont
| Soldiers Home. ... The contractors
Messrs. Smith & Co., of Boston are put
ting in the new iron corridors and stairs
at Vermont State Prison that were provid-
ed for by the last Legislature. 1t will be a
| nd it,,r,r in, bn
prison. -. DR.. Ripley Clark and wife re-
turned from their California trip Friday
and are at the Windsor House for the
present. ..... The toll bridge between
Windsor and Cornish, n. H., has been
secured with heavy wires cables to pre-
vent 1t from carrying off the long railroad
bridge just below in case the great ice jam
destroys the toll bridge. New houses
will be built this season by Mrs. Carlos
! G. Butler, Mr.. Auther w. Harris and j..
! G. Rice. Messrs f. c. Howard * Co..
have completed the extensive repairs on
the block and have one of the largest and
best hardware stores in the State.
New Haven.
| Mr.. Wallace Walker, native and long
East Middlebury and removed there this
week. So. Rev. Mr.. Sargent filled the
desk on Sunday and announced, as the
topic of his Fast day discourse, "lntem-
perance" to be treated in a political relig
ious light. 49,. The listers have been
busy since April lst, endeavorng to get
in their work on snow, but the thaw is
pushing them hard ..... DR.. Bogue has
arrived in town and commenced practice.
Fairfax.
| Rev. f. Folsom is so far recovered as to
be able TO ride out......S. j, Stafford is very
low with lung disease. 49,. Berkley Bee
man of Burlington stopped over SUNDAY
with his uncle, j. L. Hunt .. The La
moille woollen mill is running full time
and doing larger amount of business than
for many years .. Neither house of
worship will be open on Fast day.
Win Upford is on the sick list. -. .Our
genial stage driver Henry Hunt drove on
wheels Monday. NJ. Beeman
Son bought and shipped so tubs of butter.
Ruling price tor butter IS to 20 cents
Eggs l2 cents dozen. ... Alonzo Bellows
has rented George Manor's house
Other Parts ofthe State.
Up to April there were 43O dogs regis
tered in Rutland.